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Article 7

Article 7 of the work contract explains the terms of the bracero's transportation. In it, it states that employers should transport their braceros free of charge, along with food, lodgings, and other necessary expenses. These provisions should be…

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Arturo Alvarez Padilla

Arturo Berumen

Arturo Berumen was born in 1962, in Zacatecas, México; he was the third born of his twelve siblings; his father, who was also named Arturo, was born in 1933; during the early 1950s, he enlisted in the bracero program; as a bracero, he labored in the…

Arturo Vargas Ríos

Arturo Vargas Ríos was born July 4, 1929, in Rodeo, Durango, México; his mother, Amelia Ríos, was a housewife, and his father, Primitivo Vargas, worked in the fields; Arturo had four siblings; as a young man, he came to work in the United States…

As an official and a guard look on, braceros receive lunch before boarding buses at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

As armed soldiers march past, braceros wait in line to board buses at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

Asterio López León

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Asterio López León was born on October 27, 1927, in Palmar de Sepúlvedas, Sinaloa, México; he is the oldest of eleven siblings; his parents worked in agriculture, and he began working with them from an early…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Braceros wait in lines for buses to the border and for lunch in the dining hall. Vendors, including women and children, sell refreshments in the sun.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico an armed guard supervises a line of braceros carrying their belongings.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, a long line of braceros waits to be transported by bus to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, a long line of braceros waits to be transported by bus to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, a woman offers food for sale to braceros as they wait in line.

Local vendors which were mostly women sold food and beverages as well as hats while the braceros had to wait either to enter the Monterrey Processing Center or to be processed inside.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros line up to board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros line up to board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros line up to board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board a line of buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico…

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Article 7

Arturo Alvarez Padilla

Arturo Berumen

Arturo Vargas Ríos

As an official and a guard look on, braceros receive lunch before boarding buses at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.

As armed soldiers march past, braceros wait in line to board buses at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.

Asterio López León

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Braceros wait in lines for buses to the border and for lunch in the dining hall. Vendors, including women and children, sell refreshments in the sun.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico an armed guard supervises a line of braceros carrying their belongings.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, a long line of braceros waits to be transported by bus to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, a long line of braceros waits to be transported by bus to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, a woman offers food for sale to braceros as they wait in line.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros line up to board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros line up to board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros line up to board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board a line of buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Atanacio Jiménez López

Audómaro G. Zepeda

Augustina Tafoya Nuñez

Aurelio Delgado Moreno

Aurelio Marín Luna

Aurelio Pereida Rodarte